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> Most great musicians, bartenders, software engineers, etc. do the same. Without entry level/apprentice jobs the only other model is patronage from the rich O
by idle_zealot 2y ago
> Most great musicians, bartenders, software engineers, etc. do the same. Without entry level/apprentice jobs the only other model is patronage from the rich
Or, you know, school? Hobby work? Activities people would engage in of they weren't under threat of poverty or death should they fail to enter the workforce as soon as possible.
- throwaway290 2y ago> Activities people would engage in of they weren't under threat of poverty or death should they fail to enter the workforce as soon as possible. And this is going to change, because as jobs are lost business leaders will graciously volunteer to redistribute their wealth
- idle_zealot 2y agoI wouldn't expect it to be gracious exactly, but it's that or... what? Mass indentured servitude? How else would you make a society function?
- uhoh-itsmaciek 2y agoThere's plenty of dystopian sci-fi out there with all sorts of ideas about that.
- duggan 2y agoNo need to look to fiction, various human societies were feudal for centuries.
- throwaway290 2y agoTech makes it sci-fi though.
- throwaway290 2y agoThat's the question...
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- immibis 2y agoThroughout history, it has never been gracious. Power has always flowed from literal numbers and metaphorical barrels of guns.
- throwaway290 2y agoThat's my suspicion